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Grade Level 8

History and Social Studies:

8.12.4  Discuss entrepreneurs, industrialists, and bankers in politics,
commerce, and industry (e.g., Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Leland Stanford

Literature and Language Arts:

Writing Strategies
1.1 Create compositions that establish a controlling impression, have a coherent thesis, and end with a clear and well-supported conclusion.
1.2 Establish coherence within and among paragraphs through effective transitions, parallel structures, and similar writing techniques.
1.3 Support theses or conclusions with analogies, paraphrases, quotations, opinions from authorities, comparisons, and similar devices.

Research and Technology
1.4 Plan and conduct multiple-step information searches by using computer networks and modems.
1.5 Achieve an effective balance between researched information and original ideas.
Evaluation and Revision
1.6 Revise writing for word choice; appropriate organization; consistent point of view; and transitions between paragraphs, passages, and ideas.

Writing Application
2.3 Write research reports:
a. Define a thesis.
b. Record important ideas, concepts, and direct quotations from significant information sources and paraphrase and summarize all perspectives on the topic, as appropriate.
c. Use a variety of primary and secondary sources and distinguish the nature and value of each.
d. Organize and display information on charts, maps, and graphs.

2.4 Write persuasive compositions:
a. Include a well-defined thesis (i.e., one that makes a clear and knowledgeable judgment).
b. Present detailed evidence, examples, and reasoning to support arguments, differentiating between facts and opinion.
c. Provide details, reasons, and examples, arranging them effectively by anticipating and answering reader concerns and counterarguments.

Analyzing text
Critical thinking
Cause and effect
Persuasive Writing
Making inference
Visual analysis
Research
September 5, 2006

Introduction
Background for the Teacher
Guiding Questions
Learning Opportunities
Assessment
Guided Discussion Questions
Instructional Plan
Materials Needed
Groupings
Checking for Student Understanding
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Closure
Extention
English Learners
G.A.T.E. Students

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Graphic Organizer for research (blackline master) | Word
Writing Prompt (blackline master) | Word
Persuasive Rubric | Word
Research Rubric | Word
Pre/post test (blackline master) | Word
Vocabulary review | Word
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Reference List | Word

Wikipedia – John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Leland Stanford – Wikipedia
Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford
Andrew Carnegie – Wikipedia
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution

February 22, 2007
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artifact

noun

  1. any object made by human beings, esp. with a view to subsequent use.
  2. handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, esp. such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
  3. any mass-produced, usually inexpensive object reflecting contemporary society or popular culture: artifacts of the pop rock generation.

banker

Noun
a person employed by a bank, esp. as an executive or other official.

commemorate

Verb
to honor the memory of by some observance: to commemorate the dead by a moment of silence; to commemorate Bastille Day.

commerce

Noun
an interchange of goods or commodities, esp. on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce); trade; business.

entrepreneur

Noun
a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.

industry

Noun
any general business activity; commercial enterprise: the Italian tourist industry.

Industrial Revolution

Noun
the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.

industrialist

Noun
a person who owns or is involved in the management of an industrial enterprise.

immortality

Noun
enduring fame.

 
 
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